django-gfiles utils

gfiles.utils.save_as_symlink.save_as_symlink(abs_pth, name, generic_file_obj, data_file_field_name='data_file')

Takes a gfiles.models.GenericFiles object and saves a symlink of the file to the absolute path

(abs_pth).

Can also work with any model class that has FileField named with the data_file_field_name variable

Parameters:

• abs_pth – path to the file to symlink to

• name – Name to save to the file as

• generic_file_obj – gfiles.models.GenericFiles object

Returns:

updated gfiles.models.GenericFiles object with symlink